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Unlisted Windpipe Or Airway Procedure

Nebraska rates for HCPCS 31899

A procedure involving the trachea, the windpipe, or the bronchi, the large breathing tubes leading into the lungs, that has no standard named entry of its own. The physician submits a written report describing exactly what was done.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Unlisted Windpipe Or Airway Procedure cost?

$1,023

Typical facility fee. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,023 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $195 to $4,898.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $117 to $7,943Professionalmedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $955 to $7,244
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,023professional $1,445

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$7,244.36
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$12,589.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 158.5 times more in Alaska than in Hawaii. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Nebraska· 17th of 51

$1,023

AK $4,677HI $29.51

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.